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Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said India will gradually end central controls on gas pricing as it seeks to attract foreign investment. (PTI Photo)

Digital initiatives taken during pandemic will be strengthened:...

Pradhan reviewed the digital initiatives taken by the ministry including the PM e-Vidya and the National Digital...

13 July 2021 2:53 PM IST

A BMC health worker collects swab sample of a passenger for COVID-19 test, at a station in Mumbai, Sunday, July 11, 2021. (PTI/Shashank Parade)

COVID-19: India records 31,443 new cases, 2,020 deaths

The active cases have declined to 4,31,315 and comprise 1.40 per cent of the total infections

13 July 2021 12:20 PM IST

Rain lashed parts of the national capital early on Tuesday morning. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi's wait for monsoon ends, rains in parts of city

Normally, monsoon reaches Delhi by June 27 and covers the entire country by July 8

13 July 2021 9:48 AM IST

People sit in the observation area after being inoculated with a dose of the Covaxin vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus at a vaccination centre in Manipal Hospital in Bangalore on June 18, 2021. (Manjunath Kiran / AFP)

Will receive EUL for Covaxin from WHO at earliest, says Bharat Biotech

The indigenous vaccine showed 63.6 per cent efficacy against the Delta variant of Covid-19

13 July 2021 8:36 AM IST

A health worker administers the vaccine for COVID-19 at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad. (Photo: PTI)

India's COVID 'R-value' increased in July first week over June, says...

'R' suggests the mean number of other people who will catch the infection from a single infected person

13 July 2021 8:27 AM IST

Healthcare workers carrying the body of a COVID victim (Photo: PTI)

One crore people suffer from long Covid in India: Study

It was found that fatigue, weakness and sleeplessness were reported not only in serious cases but also in mild cases

12 July 2021 11:29 PM IST

NEET UG 2021 - The number of examination centres will also be increased from 3,862 centres used in 2020. (AFP Photo)

NEET UG 2021 exam to be held on Sept 12, application process to begin...

NEET UG 2021: The application process will begin from 5 pm tomorrow through the National Testing Agency's (NTA) website

12 July 2021 7:30 PM IST

Students and citizens register for COVID-19 vaccine dose during a special vaccination drive for the people going abroad for education or employment, organised by the Karnataka government, in Bengaluru, June 22, 2021. (PTI/Shailendra Bhojak)

NEP will be implemented from this year in government institutions

Narayan urged private colleges with good infrastructure to come forward to implement NEP from the current year itself

12 July 2021 5:51 PM IST

A health worker holds one vial of Zydus Cadilas ZyCoV-D vaccine. (Photo: AP)

Emergency approval for Zydus Cadila to take few more days, say sources

ZyCoV-D is a DNA Covid vaccine, which carries the genetic code for that part of a virus that triggers the immune system...

12 July 2021 1:01 PM IST

A pair of protective goggles of a deceased COVID-19 victim lies in a cremation ground in Gauhati. (Photo: AP)

India records 37,154 new cases of Covid in last 24 hours, 724 deaths...

A decrease of 3,219 cases has been recorded in active caseload in a span of 24 hours

12 July 2021 10:25 AM IST

NCP chief Sharad Pawar will remain in home quarantine for next few days. (PTI Photo)

Pawar rules out Shiv Sena's claim to Speaker's post in Maharashtra...

In the power-sharing agreement within the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) Government, the speaker's post has been allotted to...

12 July 2021 7:12 AM IST

Union minister for IT and communications Ashwini Vaishnaw. (PTI)

IT rules will create safer social media: Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

The new rules which came into effect on May 25 mandate social media companies to establish a grievance redressal...

12 July 2021 7:06 AM IST